Texas Instruments has teamed up with automotive giant Continental to create the first 65nm ARM Cortex safety microcontrollers with embedded flash.
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A team from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia has found a way to improve the quality of low grade silicon – a breakthrough which they claim could significantly improve electrical efficiency and reduce the cost of solar cells.
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Intel has appointed Brian Krzanich as its next chief executive officer with effect from May 16. Krzanich, currently the company's chief operating officer, will become Intel's sixth ceo.
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Entries are now being accepted for the 2013 British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs).
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Fujitsu has extended its ARM Cortex-M3 based microcontroller family to include new low pin count versions.
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Vincent Roche has been appointed the new president and ceo of Analog Devices.
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Intel has taken the wraps off its new 22nm Atom core microarchitecture, codenamed Silvermont.
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Mouser Electronics has agreed to stock Analog Devices' complete signal processing portfolio, which includes data converters, amplifiers, MEMS, dsps, rf and power management ics and associated development tools.
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Cadence has acquired the IP business of Polish firm Evatronix. The company's portfolio includes certified USB 2.0/3.0, display, MIPI and storage controllers. The acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of 2013.
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A team at North Dakota State University has developed a way to embed RFID chips within paper that is said to be quicker, cheaper and to offer wider application than current methods.
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A semiconductor device capable of emitting two distinct colours has been created by researchers from Arizona State University. The development is believed to bring the possibility of using LEDs for cheap and efficient lighting.
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A digital camera that functions like an insect's eye has been unveiled by an interdisciplinary team of researchers.
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Looking to break away from the slumping pc market, AMD has launched a new custom-chip business dedicated to providing customers with tailored hardware based on its IP.
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A brain implant that may be able to predict epilepsy seizures by picking up the early warning signs has been trialled for the first time in Australia.
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The top four suppliers of MEMS microphones in 2012 were those that provided devices for Apple, IHS iSuppli has revealed.
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Intel is to manufacture digital ic solutions and SoCs for Microsemi using its 22nm FinFET process technology.
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The ability to move atoms – the smallest particles of any element in the universe – is a big part of IBM's research in the field of atomic memory. But even nanophysicists need to let their hair down once in a while.
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Progress continues to be made towards the development of quantum computers. In the latest development, researchers in Sweden, Germany and the US have managed to initialise and read nuclear spins at room temperature.
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As part of a strategic move to expand its microcontroller business, NXP has entered into an agreement to acquire embedded software specialist Code Red Technologies.
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created a new type of touch-reactive material that could give robots with the ability to 'feel'.
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Researchers in the UK have crafted a new type of transistor with bistable characteristics, which they claim could revolutionise technologies such as medical imaging and security screening.
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An initiative to grow the UK's share of the £135billion global power electronics market has been launched today by the IET, NMI and the ESP KTN.
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Some 10million smart glasses are expected to ship worldwide between now and 2016, initiated by the arrival of Google Glass.
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Researchers in Canada have created a smartphone that can morph its shape to give users a silent yet visual cue of an incoming phone call, text message or email.
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Looking to establish itself as the 'power experts' in European semiconductor distribution, Silica has introduced a new design support strategy for its customers.
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